The Sir John Monash Stakes is held each year in mid-July at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne. A Group 3 race, the Sir John Monash Stakes pays total prize money of $150,000. The Sir John Monash Stakes is one of the few races run during the heart of winter at Caulfield and is a nice follow-up for horses that contested races over the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Raced over 1100m, the Sir John Monash Stakes is a weight-for-age sprint best suited to the fit winter short-distance specialists or fresh performers racing first-up as an early start to the spring. The best out of the Sir John Monash Stakes may continue on to have a successful Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival as was the case in 2016 when the winner Wild Rain backed-up to win the Group 2 McEwen Stakes (1000m) in September before a Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) third at Moonee Valley that season.

Horses may also have a run between the Sir John Monash Stakes and the spring races at Caulfield a fortnight later in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m).

2017 Sir John Monash Stakes Odds

The winter’s top Sir John Monash Stakes 2017 betting odds and market links to the Group 3 racing markets at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

2017 Sir John Monash Stakes Field

The Sir John Monash Stakes Final Field & Barriers are released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below. Many sprinters are racing first-up on the back of early winter spells, while the fitness edge belongs to gallopers coming off a lead-up run in something like Brisbane’s Group 3 W.J. Healy Stakes (1200m) the month prior.

The official 2017 Sir John Monash Stakes Fieldis now out with just 10 runners accepted in the weight-for-age clash including the returning Lord Of The Sky and former Perth galloper Chocolate Holic debuting for new trainer Darren Weir.

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Form (Last 10)

Horse

Trainer

Jockey

Barrier

Weight

Hcp. Rating

1

70x00x415x

LORD OF THE SKY

Robbie Laing

TBA

1

58.5kg

105

2

540466047x

GENERAL TRUCE

Tony Vasil

TBA

7

58.5kg

91

3

1112x0x89x

DIVINE TEN

Kelvin Bourke

Harry Coffey

6

58.5kg

89

4

62351556×5

DAYTONA GREY

Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas

Clare Lindop

2

58.5kg

92

5

7x3189348x

MURT THE FLIRT

Brendan McCarthy

Chris Symons

9

58.5kg

86

6

111121612x

CHOCOLATE HOLIC

Darren Weir

Craig Williams

8

58.5kg

97

7

1x113x930x

SUPIDO

Michael Kent

Luke Nolen

5

58.5kg

101

8

57x7710x61

CASHED

Ryan Balfour

TBA

3

58.5kg

84

9

9323526424

SUNDAY ESCAPE

Andrew Murray

Dwayne Dunn

4

58.5kg

84

10

7x3516x476

O’MALLEY

Enver Jusufovic

Craig Newitt

10

58.5kg

90

2017 Sir John Monash Stakes Nominations

The official Sir John Monash Stakes 2017 Nominations close the Monday of race week.

This year’s 2017 Sir John Monash Stakes nominations attracted 16 early entries including the Darren Weir-trained three-time Group 1 winner Flamberge and Peter & Paul Snowden’s six-year-old Dothraki looking to improve on a WJ Healy Stakes sixth in Brisbane under the hefty 60.5kg top weight.

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Form (Last 10)

Horse

Sex

Age

Trainer

Ballot

Weight

Hcp. Rating

1

0x98x4408x

FLAMBERGE

G

7

Darren Weir

1

58.5kg

110

2

56x442x326

DOTHRAKI

G

6

Peter & Paul Snowden

2

58.5kg

105

3

70x00x415x

LORD OF THE SKY

H

6

Robbie Laing

3

58.5kg

105

4

7x3189348x

MURT THE FLIRT

G

5

Brendan McCarthy

4

58.5kg

86

5

62351556×5

DAYTONA GREY

G

7

Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas

5

58.5kg

92

6

111121612x

CHOCOLATE HOLIC

G

4

Darren Weir

6

58.5kg

97

7

57x7710x61

CASHED

G

5

Ryan Balfour

7

58.5kg

84

8

116×151517

ASHLOR

G

3

Daniel McCarthy

8

58kg

84

9

540466047x

GENERAL TRUCE

G

9

Tony Vasil

9

58.5kg

91

10

1x113x930x

SUPIDO

H

5

Michael Kent

10

58.5kg

101

11

79x125735x

I AM GYPSY

M

5

Matthew Dale

11

56.5kg

88

12

9323526424

SUNDAY ESCAPE

G

6

Andrew Murray

12

58.5kg

84

13

7x3516x476

O’MALLEY

G

6

Enver Jusufovic

13

58.5kg

90

14

63321x429x

SAHARA CHILL

M

6

Kane Harris

14

56.5kg

77

15

5x39x6111

UNIQUE LOVELY

F

3

Frankie Stockdale

15

56kg

74

16

1112x0x89x

DIVINE TEN

G

7

Kelvin Bourke

16

58.5kg

89

Sir John Monash Stakes History

The Sir John Monash Stakes was upgraded from a Listed race to a Group 3 race following the 2013 edition. Hosted by the Melbourne Racing Club, it is one of the regular races at Caulfield Racecourse. The Sir John Monash Stakes was run over 1000m until the 2005 edition, when it was first held over 1100m.

The Sir John Monash Stakes was known as the Moondah Stakes up until it ran for the first time under its current name in 1998, when Jugulator won it. Originally run by the Victorian Amateur Turf Club (est 1875), the race is now run by the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC), since the organisation’s name was changed in 2002.

Notable Sir John Monash Stakes winners include Regal Shot (2001), Rubitano (2002), Super Elegant (2004 & 2005) and Platelet (2012). Super Elegant finished third in 2003 and second in 2006, narrowly missing out on winning for four years running. Rubiton had a good result in 2002, with the first three places being taken out by his progeny, Rubitano, Ruby Slipper and Prince Rubiton.

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